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Thursday, May 31, 2012

In years past (12 to be exact) we have held a K-12 Arts Festival (music, dance, and art) at our high school. This year, however, the middle & high school teachers decided to separate and do their own thing. So, the art show was held this year at our elementary school. Negatives: the parents didn't like having two separate nights, breaking tradition, lack of a large area for me to display artwork all together, new display boards had to be made. Positives: I didn't have to drag everything over to another building, air conditioning, the artwork stayed up longer than one night.

Well, I was hesitant to this change, but I have to say, it went fairly well! The parents were all very supportive and we had a great turnout. So, I am sharing the photos from our latest Arts Festival, with links to any lessons I have blogged about. Click on the photos to make larger. Enjoy!

Monday, May 28, 2012

If you have not heard of Steve Harpster and his website Harptoons, you really need to be introduced!

He has created these amazing books for kids that use letters and numbers as the base for different cartoon drawings. We recently had him visit our school FOR FREE and share his talent with the kids. The kids could buy his books and our school received part of the profits from the sales. A great FREE assembly AND fundraiser? Perfect for those of us who teach art!! If you live relatively close to the Columbus, Ohio area, he will travel to your school for the day. I highly recommend looking in to it!

He projected his drawings on to the screen and drew them with the kids on his iPad.

He gave the kids a great background about himself and showed examples of his work. It is great for the kids to see an actual working artist.

The kids loved his graphic drawings, especially the monsters.

Totally engaged students.

The kids wanted their drawings on display for our art show.

They are still drawing with Steve Harpster by watching his videos on YouTube.

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Welcome to Mrs. Picasso's Art Room! I hope you find some inspiration while visiting my blog. Like many of you, I get inspiration from many sources, including artwork, books, and websites. Therefore, I will not claim each and every idea on this blog as 100% my own and, whenever possible, will give proper credit where due. Enjoy!